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East Asia : A New History

ISBN: 9780321078018 | 0321078012
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2001

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SummaryTable of Contents
East Asia: A New History provides a comprehensive history of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. The new edition has been completely updated and contains new material on Korea and Vietnam. This accessible and richly illustrated text includes coverage of the common people, the environment, and the experiences of womentopics that are often neglected in other books.

Provides a comprehensive history of the Near East while also incorporating the most recent scholarship. Ancient China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Readers in... MORE
Detailed Contentsvii
List of Maps
xi
Prefacexiii
A Note on the Spelling of Asian Names and Wordsxvii
Wade-Giles/Pinyin Equivalents... MORExix
About the Authorxxi
Atlasxxii
Time Chartxxiii
East Asia: Common Ground and Regional Differences
1(19)
Prehistory, Beginnings in China, and the Shang Dynasty
20(15)
The Zhou--Its Decline, and the Age of the Philosophers
35(21)
Qin and Han: The Making of Empire
56(20)
Buddhism, Barbarians, and the Tang Dynasty
76(22)
Achievement and Disaster: The Song and Yuan Dynasties, 960-1355
98(24)
New Imperial Splendor in China: The Ming Dyansty
122(24)
The Qing in Prosperity and Decline
146(22)
Premodern Vietnam and Korea
168(20)
Beginnings in Japan: Patterns and Origins
188(21)
Warriors, Monks, and Conflict: Medieval Japan
209(19)
The West Arrives in Asia
228(19)
Tokugawa Japan
247(20)
Humiliation and Response in Nineteenth Century China
267(19)
Japan's Response to New Challenges
286(18)
Imperialism in Korea, Vietnam, and Southeast Asia
304(19)
China in Tatters, 1896--1925
323(19)
China and Japan: The Road to War
342(21)
The Second World War in Asia
363(20)
China Since 1945
383(26)
Japan Since 1945
409(17)
Korea, Mainland Southeast Asia, and the United States in East Asia
426(23)
Acknowledgments449(2)
Index451

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